Looking For Bapu

by Anjali Banerjee

  Published by Wendy Lamb Books an imprint of Random House Children's Books a division of Random House, Inc.

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  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

  Text copyright © 2006 by Anjali Banerjee

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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Banerjee, Anjali.

  Looking for Bapu / Anjali Banerjee.

  p. cm.

  Summary: When his beloved grandfather dies, eight-year-old Anu feels that his spirit is near and will stop at nothing to bring him back, including trying to become a Hindu holy man.

  eISBN: 978-0-307-48766-7

  [1. Grandfathers—Fiction. 2. Death—Fiction. 3. Hindus—Fiction. 4. East Indian Americans—Fiction. 5. Schools—Fiction. 6. Northwest, Pacific—Fiction.] I. Title.

  [Fic]—dc22

  2006002021

  v3.0